Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has told the Muslim community of South Africa that there will be no reprieve from load shedding on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr as the electricity grid is severely constrained.🕯️💡Eskom TheCitizenNews
Gordan said Eskom provided feedback on the request for reprieve from load shedding on the day of day of celebration.
“Hence the current outlook for this weekend shows that stage 3 load shedding will be required on both Saturday and Sunday morning, while stage 4 will be required on both nights to protect the power system from complete collapse,” Gordan said.added that Eskom said it would endeavour to reduce the load shedding further should there be an improvement in the available generating capacity and should it be safe to do so.
“We remain committed to keeping the stages of load shedding as minimal as possible while maintaining system stability, I wish the Muslim Community a joyous Eid Mubarak,” Gordhan said.Meanwhile, Eskom on Friday said stage 6 load shedding will continue to be implemented until 5am on Saturday. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena said this cycle will be repeated on Sunday until 5am on Monday morning.will publish a further update as soon as any significant changes occur. Breakdowns are currently at 15 930MW of generating capacity while the generating capacity out of service for planned maintenance is 6 505MW.“Over the past 24 hours two generation units at Kendal and Kriel, and a unit each at Matimba and Medupi power stations were returned to service.
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